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Deleting screenshots does not clear storage (700GB Ditto.db file!)

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Chk Dsk
2018-08-14
2020-06-08
  • Chk Dsk

    Chk Dsk - 2018-08-14

    Ditto.db got 700 GB large due to saving every screenshot I ever made.

    After deleting every CF_DIB off my computer, the Ditto.db file is still at size 700 GB.

    How do I clear these 700 GB's?

     
  • John Doe

    John Doe - 2018-08-14

    Holy smokes. 700GB?!

    I wonder if you could try searching for "Copied File" in Ditto and delete all the results?

    Edit I'm an idiot. Ignore this comment.

     

    Last edit: John Doe 2018-08-14
    • Chk Dsk

      Chk Dsk - 2018-08-14

      I use multiple 2160p monitors on that computer. And Ditto saves screenshot as BMP, which means that each screenshot can be >100 MB big.

       
  • RainrooM

    RainrooM - 2018-08-14

    Click on the 3 dots you'll see at the bottom right aside the search field. Then click 'Delete clip data' option to open a new window where you can see te size of all clips... Check there I would say.

     
    • John Doe

      John Doe - 2018-08-14

      Aha!!! I never knew this existed (always wanted something like this). Son of a...

      This just found a few clips in my db were 400MB in size. Thank you @RainroomM!

       
    • Chk Dsk

      Chk Dsk - 2018-08-14

      But I would also like not to delete the other things that are not the screenshots.
      How do I keep all of them?

       
  • RainrooM

    RainrooM - 2018-08-14

    Also in Option under Advance button. Click on Compact and Repair db button.

     
    • Chk Dsk

      Chk Dsk - 2018-08-14

      The file is slowly shrinking, so it works, apparently.

       
  • Jan Hinnen

    Jan Hinnen - 2018-08-14

    Is it possible to sort clips by age in this module? I have many old ones I'll never use again, but finding t hem is laborious.

     
  • RainrooM

    RainrooM - 2018-08-14

    I don't think so. Would be good to have the option to click on headers to get asc / descending.
    = Suggestion to Developer

     
  • RainrooM

    RainrooM - 2018-08-15

    New: Possibility to sort on fields by click on Header of each column.
    https://ditto-cp.sourceforge.io/beta/ v3.21.250.0

     
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  • Shmuel Kamensky

    Shmuel Kamensky - 2020-06-07

    Hey I found that screenshots usually take the largest amount of space.
    I wrote a python script that removes all the screenshots from the database and adds them into the same folder so you can delete them as you see fit.

    Check it out.

    https://gist.github.com/skamensky/dcd1d078f21876dc23058252a4793d7e

     
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    • John Doe

      John Doe - 2020-06-08

      Nice. Thanks for sharing.

       

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